Amber Heard is attempting to appeal or overturn June’s decision in the high-profile defamation case involving her and her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Less than a month after she lost the defamation suit, Ms. Heard’s attorneys asked a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge to set aside the ruling against her or order a fresh hearing on Friday, according to Court House News. For.
Ms. Hurd’s defense team argued that the award, which totaled more than $10 million, lacked sufficient justification. memorandum, He denied Mr. Depp’s claim that Ms. Heard’s comments in an op-ed cost him her role. Pirates of the Caribbean, He further alleged that at least one juror had not conducted the required screening by court personnel.
A six-week trial between the two stars from early April to early June focused on Mr Depp’s claims that a 2018 op-ed that was underway Washington Post He was defamed under Ms. Hurd’s byline. In the piece, Ms. Heard detailed how she was involved with domestic violence and specifically mentioned two years earlier, in 2016, when she filed a temporary restraining order against Mr. Depp. .
In a split decision last month, a civil jury of seven found that Ms Heard had defamed Mr Depp in an op-ed.
According to the ruling, Ms. Hurd was ordered to pay Mr. Depp $15 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Ms. Heard received $2 million in punitive damages after it was determined that one of Mr. Depp’s lawyers had defamed her.
aquaman The actress’s legal team argued a variety of loopholes with the decision in a comprehensive file Friday, including weak legal reasoning, an inadequately scrutinized jury and highly awarded damages.
“What we expected was no longer real,” said Ben Chew, the lawyer in charge of Mr Depp’s legal team. Court News,
Mr. Depp previously filed a defamation suit against Sun The actor called the actor a wife-beater after publication in the UK. He lost the case. Separately, he faces trial by a location manager for a film in Los Angeles, who claims the actor punched him.